Moon Cakes, A Chinese Favorite

CHINA is a nation with many ethnic groups. Thus, there are many legends to explain the nation's many festivals. The largest and most striking of these festivals are the Spring Festival and Midautumn Festival. Anywhere Chinese people go, they will remember and celebrate these two festivals. The Mid-autumn Festival falls on the fifteenth day of the 8th lunar month. In this festival, Chinese people eat moon cakes, a baked food, with a flour crust around a dense filling. Coming in a great variety of flavors and styles, the moon cake carries a great deal of symbolic significance. The moon cake is round like the moon. "Round" is pronounced "yuan" in Chinese. This character is full of good meanings. When used in reference to a     

South Korean adolescents' delinquency,disclosure, parental knowledge,parent–child closeness,and delinquent peer associations

The present study sought to examine longitudinal associations among delinquency, children's disclosure to parents, parent-child relationship quality, and parental knowledge in a South Korean sample. Longitudinal research shows that in Western samples, delinquency is negatively associated with the latter three variables. We also sought to test whether the associations varied across gender. We found little evidence of significant reciprocal relationships among the variables and no differences in associations across gender. A second analysis revealed that adolescents’ involvement with delinquent peers was a good predictor of subsequent delinquency for males and females. Implications of the findings for future research and practice are discussed.     

Chen Muhua, Outstanding Representative of Chinese Women

IT was autumn in Beijing. Genial sunshine fell on the red walls around Zhongnanhai through the fluttering tree branches. Entering the gate that leads to Zhongnanhai, we came to an office on the third floor. The simple furnishings of the room and the amiable and approachable hostess made us feel extremely welcome. We had come to interview the hostess, Comrade Chen Muhua, who will lead the Chinese delegation at the UN Fourth World Conference on Women, which will be held     

Spotless, Jade-like Personality (traditional Chinese painting)

The interpretation of the traditional Chinese paintings done by Xie Lijun vividly expresses a woman's tolerance and silence. In traditional Chinese paintings black is the main component and the function of the color red is only to provide a striking contrast, so it is only used occasionally. On the contrary, in "Spotless. ,Jade-Like Personality." the color red is the main color in the painting. So different from its usual function, the red set against the quiet internal world passes from the expression of the figure's eyes. The red color adds more elegance and inlplicit meaning to the work.     

Korean Men’s Pornography use,Their Interest in Extreme Pornography,and Dyadic Sexual Relationships

Objectives: The aim of the study was to assess the connections between pornography use (both frequency and interest in extreme pornography) and dyadic sexual relationships. Methods: Six-hundred eighty-five heterosexual South Korean male college students participated in an online survey. Results: The majority (84.5%) of respondents had viewed pornography, and for those who were sexually active (470 respondents), we found that higher interest in degrading or extreme pornography was associated with the experience of role-playing sexual scenes from pornography with a partner, and a preference for using pornography to achieve and maintain sexual excitement over having sex with a partner. Conclusions: The findings were consistent but with differences from a U.S. study with the same methodology, suggesting that attention should be paid to cultural differences.     

Chinese Weddings

ACCORDING to the Marriage Law of the People's Republic of China, marital kinship is established and protected by law when a couple registers at tile local marriage registration office. The newly-weds usually hold a wedding feast in celebration at home or in a restaurant. The big red Chinese character, "Double Happiness," would be pasted on walls at the ceremonial hall to     

Chinese Acrobats

The China Acrobatics Troupe, founded in 1950, is the biggest acrobatics troupe in China and has won prizes throughout the world. The troupe specializes in training of young acrobats. Its young trainees are recruited from all parts of the country. They study general cultural courses while learning professional skills. An acrobat matures after a dozen or more years of intensive training.     

Parental Attachment Among Korean–American Adolescents

The present study examined the relationship between parental care and control perceived by Korean–American adolescents, and further investigated the relationships between parental attachment styles and mental health measures including self-esteem, depression, and social support. The relationship between parental care and parental control resulted in a significantly negative correlation. Parental care showed significantly positive correlations with self-esteem and social support, and a negative correlation with depression. Parental control showed a significantly negative correlation with self-esteem, and a significantly positive correlation with depression. The analysis demonstrated that optimal parenting showed significantly higher self-esteem, lower depression, and higher social support than the other groups.     

Chinese Women's College

Chinese Women's College is located in Yuhuidong Road, in northeast Beijing. The name of the college was written by Jiang Zemin, President of the People's Republic of China in August 1995 to honor the school.     

Chinese Vegetarian Food

ONCE in a restaurant specializing in vegetarian food in Hubei Province, I saw some dishes on the menu which did not sound like vegetarian food, such as chicken, duck, fish and pork. Only after I ordered and tasted did I understand that these were all made of bean products. Simply speaking, the Chinese vegetarian diet is comprised of grains, vegetables, bean products and fruits. It also includes bamboo shoots, mushrooms, edible fungus, aquatic plants and dried fruit. This kind of diet boasts a long history. As early as the Qin Dynasty (221-206 B.C.) and the early Han     

Chinese Women Laborers

FOR the last three years I have been working on two big projects about women around the world. One is Mothers of the World, and the other one is Working Women of the World. So I travel to different parts of the world to meet Women and photograph them. I knew from the start that I would be able to see China only very superficially, because there was no way I could spend more than two to three weeks there. I therefore     

Korean students’ minority schooling experience in Japan

A qualitative study conducted in western Japan examined the perceptions of Korean students in Japanese junior high school to identify factors contributing to a consistently low high school advancement rate compared to mainstream Japanese students. Fourteen people were interviewed about their Korean students’ experiences in Japan. The findings of this study suggest that factors contributing to the low high school advancement rate among Korean students cluster around three themes: (1) discrimination experienced in society at large and at school, (2) assimilation to become more like the Japanese, and (3) inconsistent cultural and insufficient academic support given by the school and teachers. Findings from this study indicate how the power structure in a social context of schooling influences minority students’ learning and also confirmed in part Ogbu and Cummins’ theories of how power relations between the subordinated and the dominant affect minority students’ schooling experiences and learning.     

Korean Social Work Students’ Attitudes Toward Homosexuals

For this article, the Hudson and Ricketts Index of Attitudes toward Homosexuality (IAH) was used to measure levels of homophobia in a convenience sample of 124 students enrolled in social work programs in two major universities in the Republic of South Korea. The results indicated that BSW and MSW Korean students had high levels of homophobia, particularly in comparison to U.S. samples. In-class discussion of homosexuality was found to be significantly associated with lower levels of homophobia. The authors review these and other research findings and discuss implications for social work education in South Korea and the United States.     

Where does guanxi come from? Bao,shu, and renqing in Chinese connections

Practices commonplace in mainland China, of individuals seeking favor from persons who control resources and, if successful, generating expectation of a return favor, characterized as guanxi, is widely held to be based on principles located in China's cultural traditions, including Confucianism. In these terms it is claimed that guanxi is based on certain connected moral principles, including bao (norm of reciprocity) and renqing (norm of human feelings), which can only be understood in terms of such cultural traditions. It is shown in the present article that claims regarding the classical roots of guanxi and related practices cannot be sustained and, further, that they are not required for the understanding or operation of guanxi. The origins of the concept of guanxi in late Qing and Republican China, and development of the term in post-1949 China, are outlined.     

Chinese, U.S. Women Yearn for Exchange and Understanding

ONE September morning in 1994 laughter was heard coming from a meeting room at the China Women's Travel Service. Here, a friendly forum was being held between a group of tourists from Leadership America and Chinese women     

Chinese Women's Soccer Team

Holding the national flag high, Chinese soccer players circle the field after winning the silyer medal at the 26th Olympic Games in Atlanta.     

The Developing Chinese Garment

CHINA is a country with a 5,000-year history and a population of 1.2 billion people. Clothing plays an important role in Chinese people's cultural and social life. Since the reform and opening up in the 1980s, the garment industry has greatly developed and has increased progressively by an average of 15.7 percent a year. In the past 10 years particularly, township-run garment production enterprises have suddenly come to the fore,     

Chinese Women in Politics

According to international research only when the percentage of women with decision-making power reaches 30 percent can their effect on policy making be seen. In 1994, women accounted for an average of 5.7 percent of state cabinet seats throughout the world. Authoritative thinking is that in the past decade almost no progress was made in realizing the 30     

A Courageous Chinese Woman

GUANGDONG Province is the cradle for China's modern aviation. Many pilots come from there. As early as 1912, Feng Ru, a native of Enping, Guangdong and the originator of Chinese aviation, performed in his handmade aircraft in Yantang, Guangzhou. Unfortunately,     

Beijing Chinese Opera School

A seven-year-old learns the role of the hero Zhuge Liang (with fan in hand)